Pacifier Clip

Yesterday I went to Joann's for supplies and today I went to Hobby Lobby. At HL, I found a set of fat quarters that had material featuring stars and planets and space travel. I thought it was cute and decided to buy it to make pacifier clips. I use one of the Soothie pacifiers for my son and it doesn't have a handle to put one of the traditional pacifier clips with a snap around it. I saw people on Etsy selling clips for my type of pacifier that had a ribbon at the end to loop around the small hole in the pacifier and I decided to try my hand at making one of those. And I found suspender clips at Hobby Lobby and some ribbon so I was all set.

I started by cutting a 4" wide piece of material because I wanted it to be 1" total. Following the instructions for making a bag strap, I folded it in half, pressed it, then unfolded it and folded the two sides in toward the center (pressing them). Then I refolded it in half, with the two sides folded in (pressing it). I cut the two short sides with pinking shears. Then to the sewing machine where I carefully stitched down each long side. It was a bit of a challenge to sew very close to the edge on a small piece of material. I'm sure there are some tricks to doing it that I should learn, so I'm going to see what I can find. But I was able to get it sewn (mostly straight).

I then folded over one end and put it around the clip. I did not press this fold and that's something that I will change for future clips. When I sewed the end closed, it didn't line up quite right so it's not as neat as it really should have been. I definitely understand the importance of pressing even something seemingly small.

I wasn't sure at first how to attach the loop at the other end. I didn't want the ends of the ribbon on the outside. Then I realized that the fabric was not closed up at that end, so I inserted the ends of the loop into the inside of the fabric and then just sewed a line closed over it. I went over it twice to really make sure the ribbon was secured.

I think that it turned out quite nicely for my first attempt and I look forward to working out the details on more attempts. For example, I think I'll try a zig zag stitch for securing the short ends to the clip and loop to give it a little decorative flair. I definitely think these pacifier clips are going to be something that I make quite a lot of in the future.